DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL REVEALS MASSIVE FIRST WAVE FOR 2027
Download Festival (#DLXXIV) has officially unveiled the first wave of over 100 acts set to descend upon the spiritual home of rock at Donington Park next summer, taking place from Wednesday, 9 June to Sunday, 13 June 2027. Topping the bill for the festival's 24th edition are pop-punk pioneers blink-182, Sheffield metal juggernauts Bring Me The Horizon, and symphonic rock icons Evanescence.
MUSE ANNOUNCED AS BST HYDE PARK HEADLINER
American Express presents BST Hyde Park announces its next headliner for 2027. MUSE, the two-time GRAMMY Award®-winning band behind eight consecutive UK Number 1 albums, will headline on Saturday 26 June 2027, supported by special guests Nothing But Thieves and CHVRCHES. They join the previously announced Bon Jovi (Thursday 24 June) and RAYE (Saturday 10 July). Tickets go on general sale on Friday 13 November at 10am GMT.
2000TREES FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THE FIRST WAVE OF BANDS FOR ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Celebrating 20 years of 2000trees Festival in 2027, the multi-award-winning festival today announces its first wave of bands for next year's summer event.
ALL POINTS EAST ANNOUNCES PHOEBE BRIDGERS AS FIRST 2027 HEADLINER
East London’s celebrated festival All Points East returns to Victoria Park across two weekends in 2027, with its first headliner revealed today. All Points East welcomes multi-GRAMMY winning American singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers to Victoria ParkClick to open side panel for more information for the first time on FRIDAY 27 AUGUST 2027, joined by a curated supporting line up including Caroline Polachek, Kelsey Lu, Danielle Ponder, jasmine.4.t, and more artists to be confirmed.
AMERICAN EXPRESS PRESENTS BST HYDE PARK ANNOUNCES BON JOVI AS FIRST HEADLINER FOR 2027
American Express presents BST Hyde Park has revealed its first headliner for 2027, welcoming back BON JOVI, the legend-status band that originally launched the festival’s inaugural event in 2013. The GRAMMY Award®-winning and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees BON JOVI, celebrated worldwide as one of the most iconic live acts in music history, are set to take the stage on Thursday 24 June 2027.
SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL REVEALS FIRST WAVE FOR 2027
Slam Dunk, the UK's premier independent rock festival, is set to make its highly anticipated return in 2027 by unveiling its first wave of confirmed artists. Coming off the momentum of a milestone 20th anniversary this past summer, the festival launches its 21st edition with a massive line-up. Headlining the announcement are Bowling For Soup, Simple Plan, Killswitch Engage, Beartooth, Sleeping With Sirens, The Used, and The Front Bottoms, leads among more than 20 artists joining the weekend showcase spanning pop-punk, emo, ska, metal, and beyond.
THE GREAT ESCAPE ANNOUNCES FIRST FIFTY 2027 LIVE SHOW LINE-UP
The Great Escape, widely recognized as the UK’s premier festival for emerging sounds, has officially revealed the artist line-up for FIRST FIFTY, the signature live launch event for its 2027 festival season. Scheduled for Thursday 12th November 2026, the launch will take over seven distinct venues in East London, introducing the very first wave of acts set to perform in Brighton next May.
BLOODSTOCK REVEAL 27 BANDS FOR 2027
With BLOODSTOCK 2026 currently charging ahead at full volume and surging toward another historic, record-breaking weekend, festival headquarters has officially dropped the opening hammer for 2027. In true Catton Park tradition, the initial wave of bands was dramatically revealed on the main Ronnie James Dio stage immediately following Municipal Waste’s relentless, face-melting afternoon performance.
LIVE REVIEW: 2000 TREES FESTIVAL 2026
One balmy 30° Wednesday in July, several thousand determined and excited fans descended on Upcote farm in Cheltenham to get the Beeros in and trade sweat in the mosh pits of 2000 trees. The midweek kick-off didn't deter the enthusiasm with a duo of stages supplying the soundtrack to tent pitching and friend reunions, The Word stage playing host to half the acts and The Forest providing much needed shelter for the other half. The nineteenth annual edition of the Cotswold alt-rock party returned for 2026 with almost identical weather as the previous year, which could only be described as, bloody hot.
LIVE REVIEW: GARBAGE & SKUNK ANANSIE AT DREAMLAND, MARGATE 19/06/2026 (+ DU BLONDE)
There are some bands that don't just soundtrack your youth, they help define it. For women who came of age in the 1990s, Garbage and Skunk Anansie were never simply alternative rock bands. They were permission slips. Permission to be loud, complicated, political, vulnerable, angry, glamorous and unapologetically ourselves. Standing beneath the open skies at Dreamland on a warm June evening, surrounded by thousands of women who looked suspiciously like they'd once raided Camden Market in the late '90s, it felt less like a nostalgia trip and more like a reunion with old friends who'd never stopped fighting.
ALL POINTS EAST 2026 - MORE ACTS ANNOUNCED TO SUPPORT TWENTY ONE PILOTS
All Points East has officially expanded the lineup for its upcoming edition, unveiling a brand-new wave of supporting acts to join UK-exclusive headliners Twenty One Pilots for their highly anticipated debut performance at Victoria Park on Sunday 30 August. Ready to bolster an already massive bill are rising powerhouses Hot Milk, Ray Bull, Witch Post, Headsend, and The Meffs.
LIVE REVIEW + PHOTOS: ATEEZ AT BST HYDE PARK (+ TAEMIN, FLO, BAZZI) 28/06/26
If you wandered into central London expecting a quiet Sunday stroll, the sheer volume of glowing lightsticks and pirate-themed energy probably gave you whiplash. History was officially made in the sunshine as South Korean powerhouse ATEEZ took over the iconic Great Oak Stage, becoming only the third K-pop act to headline British Summer Time. Following stellar warm-up sets from SHINee’s Taemin, pop sensation Bazzi, R&B trio FLO and breakout pop-rock four-piece Midnight Til Morning, the eight-member powerhouse certainly turned the Royal Park into a roaring sea of lightsticks, pyrotechnics, and pure, unadulterated theatricality in true K-Pop fashion.